Republicans were sounding the alarm about the vetting of Afghans who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration's "Operation Allies Welcome" program back in October 2021—the same initiative that gave entry to Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the D.C. shooting of two National Guard troops, a month earlier.

U.S. Representative Clay Higgins, the Louisiana Republican who was then ranking member of the Subcommittee on Border Security, raised concerns about the national security implications of the operation to bring across Afghans who had helped the evacuating American forces as the Taliban regained control of the country.

"Some of these individuals are being paroled into the interior of the United States, or they are even prematurely leaving military bases before undergoing proper a

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